Italian Personalities

Giuseppe Mazzini

1840-1851: Member of the Union Consulta for the Ligurian Republic
1851-1854: President of the Council of Eleven of the Italian Union
1864-1863: Consul for General Affairs of the United States of Italy
1865-1872: President of the Universal Republican Association

-having been removed out of office, tries to turn int'l fandom into

Giuseppe Garibaldi

1824-1826: Lieutenant in the Italian Navy

-required to join as part of requirements to be a merchant captain

-quickly ascends

1826-1832: Captain in the Italian Navy

-also follows Young Italy, consistently takes order from Mazzini's leadership, follows own stuff

-a number of adventures and escapades around Latium

-despite badly outmatched navy does fight very well

-is discharged immediately afterward end of war due to his perceived disloyalty

1832-1835: Captain in the Young Italian Republican Fleet

-continues his affiliation with Young Italy, together with many others

-defeated in attack on Rome in 1835 intended to incite revolution

-Italian and French government intent on arresting them afterwards for disturbing the peace

-and threatening to provoke a new war

-afterwards, Garibaldi and others flee to Gibraltar, part of the British Isles

1837-1840: Privateer for Young Italy

-sails across the Atlantic, to Texas

-Spain sends a fuck ton of Italians to Texas as buffer against United States of America, easy for Garibaldi to blend in

-awaiting next revolt but long-time coming

-in meantime falls in love with local lady and ranches, organizes

-eventually gets letters of marque from Mazzini to raid Austrian shipping

-with outbreak of US's Wars > Second Quasi War (1839-42), escalation of Caribbean violence, flees across with amnesty in hand

1841-1844: Captain of the Italian Regiment of the Moreote Army

-Garibaldi brought with him a number of returnees

-a fair many from German, Irish backgrounds thanks to his sheer charisma

-during Morean revolt during Russia's Wars > Turkish War of Succession (1841-4), Garibaldi offers his services, accepted

-succeeds, serves with distinction and in contrast to many others he serves with honor

-serving both on air and on land

-afterwards, refuses offer of land, declaring he fights for republican honor

-recruits army to take back to Italy

1843-1845: Member of the Moreote National Assembly for Patras

-selected for the provisional National Assembly, barely participates in a body that barely exists

-stays there and recruits till there's a general opportunity to liberate the rest of Italy

1847-1849: Commander-General of the Young Italian Republican Force for the South

-obtains command of Young Italians operating in the Parthenope

-his charisma helps him maintain leadership in area

-after beating off an attempted invasion from Sicily, invades it with small force

-wildly successful invasion, makes him world famous

1849-1852: Dictator of the Trinacrian Republic

-issues declaration making Sicily a republic

-fights and wins surprisingly well, able to deflect Austrian invasions

-after United States of Italy formed, Trinacrian Republic made part of it

1852-1864: Member of the Italian National Assembly for Palermo

-elected by Sicily, which loves him a lot

-serves as extreme republican and radical, even more so than Mazzini

-abstention from confidence vote for Mazzini important role in his ousting

1865-1867: Marshal in the Buenaventuran Army

-struck by abolitionist character of the Buenaventuran Declaration of Independence

-sending letters to and from it, given commission as a Marshal, goes off to New Orleans then crosses the border

-serves with skill with his experiences

1868-1870: Member of the Chamber of Deputies of Buenaventura for Texas-5

-enthusiasm for Garibaldi is such that he is elected a Deputy for Buenaventura in a constituency in New Darmstadt

-quickly makes speeches on need to firmly abolish slavery, expand revolution

-and with rise of US's Wars > American Civil War (1869-76) makes negotiations with it to enter

-declines to run for re-election

1871-1876: Major-General in the United States (Constitutionalist) Army

-with ratification of the Emancipation Act, excited and offers his services to the Constitutionalist side of US's Wars > American Civil War (1869-76), made a Major-General

-serves with distinction

-but in the end old, retires to Europe

1878-1882: Member of the Italian National Assembly for Milan-3

-plays little part in National Assembly, for the most part retires to farming

-tries to organize broad left faction, to shock of Mazzinians, to some success

-condemns French suppression of labor strikes across border with extreme vitriol

-gets grand and massive funeral